@@MsGenXodus 😂 We must agree to disagree. Helmet hair will forever be, to me, what I call the Prince Valient cut. In the 70's my mom had red hair (natural, so do I) and the Aquanet big hair almost exactly like Peg. To be clear, am boy but still had the metal hair 🤘😎🤘 Still have a ponytail halfway down my back, but I digress. Kelly had the same, depending on which episodes. She started the series at, I think, 16yrs old and was the ultimate metal chick complete with high hair, she got less poofy-haired as the series progressed. 😁😉🍻😎
LOL!🤣We had the feather bangs and perms, the rocker hair because it was cool back in the day especially with our favorite bands. Clothes were comfortable and cool. We had different styles and colors. The shoulder pads did make our waste look smaller that hour glass look we were going for. I think the most favorable jeans were the stone washed and ripped jeans, straight leg, denim was a big thing. The GAP was the coolest place to shop. Favorite tennis shoes were Reebok and Nike, girls and their pumps.
A lot of old military jackets & Navy Pea Coats from Salvation Army too. Also military pants & open military shirts with a white T underneath. Army Boots were the prized super haul. We lived for thrift store fashion & Salvation Army was tre's chic.
I really loved the 80s style! I had two inch hot pink feather earrings! Neon jeans and tshirts, pin roll jeans. Twistabead necklaces… ah, an amazing existence! ❤
A lot of our styles were pretty far out but it was an adventure fixing ourselves up for the day in whichever style we chose to be that day. Where are the styles now? At least where I live, no one seems to fix themselves up at all anymore 😢
I had every single color Legg wamers there was 😅 I also loved my painters pants and 501s and all my friends that brake'danced wore the Parachute pants.. was easier to slide and roll on the ground.
So true! Hah! 😂 I still have 8 nos Aquanet super hold cans from the early 90's. And yes, they're full and still have that fresh scent I remember. And yes, they work better than the unscented Aquanet from Turkey nowadays. 😊
I will never forget watching a girl with that flower poof in the front of her hair, probably held there with 2 cans of hairspray, try to light a smoke and that poof went up like a Roman candle. Apparently, that lighter was turned up to full height, and no one told her.
Man, this took me back. Put on those acid washed jeans and fluorescent pink shirt with the beads to match, with my Kohl eyeliner and lip gloss. Tease that hair up to Jesus and grab the Aqua Net, Baby. We thought we were so cool! John, you make me smile every day. Thank you. 😊
oh..dont forget the Dippidy-Do! You thought Aqua Net was bad??? That green stuff would hold your hair for DAYS!!! i still remember the smell 40 yrs later!
had to make sure the hair stayed put even in a tornado. I swear if I let my mom do my hair I'd be pulling bobby pins out for an hour at the end of the day and the brush or comb wanted to attach itself to all that hairspray. no amount of brushing could ever get out the feel of that hairspray. my mom insisted on doing my hair for my wedding but I gave my maid of honor the job of hiding the hairspray so that my mom wouldn't cement my hairpiece to my head with multiple cans of hairspray.
Don't forget my personal favorite--medical scrubs. Started wearing around the late 70s & through the 80s. All the same light green color& super liteweight to bring with. Now, I know my friends & I weren't surgeons, at least not in high school, but we loved the scrubs.
Stirrup pants were functional and fashionable. That's an '80s trend I'd like to see again. Correction on the huge shoulder pads. They were huge to mimic men's broad shoulders.
I have broad shoulders for a girl .. I ripped those shoulder pads out and threw them away .. aquanet hair and an open flame .. I singed my hair numerous times .. it grew back lol
I ripped my black parachute pants in 6th grade on a field trip to the skating rink. I was so devastated when I had to put on my royal blue gym shorts that were in my back pack and wait for my Mom to pick me up.
I once wore heavily padded shoulder pads in front of my husband. He looked at me and said “ bronco Nagurski “ called and wants his shoulder pads back. 🙂↕️
Ironically, I never wore my boat shoes while sailing. I was always barefoot. I swear the lather-rinse-repeat shampoo instructions were completely because of the aquanet. That polyurethane was really hard to get out and, if you didn’t, you’d only realize 30 minutes into your hair doing when that crap was flaking off like snow and you had 10 minutes to run for the bus. 😂
Legwarmers were most often used by the Jazzercise/Aerobics girls with Family memberships to Family Fitness centers or their like. Oh, and the Break Dance Girls too. Painters hats with checkerboard patterns to match our Vans, they may not have gotten used for painting, but, they sure cut down on the sunburns on the back of the neck. I was a So Cal kid, so, admittedly, things were a little different than other parts of the country when it came to fashion.
On the cusp of Boomer and Gen 'X' and I still have my Muskoka smoking jacket and stoner bag. I actually used leg warmers along with my desert boots to cover the laces and make them snow worthy. Real, original desert boots, not the hipster fashion version around now. I'd give anything for another pair of them. Hiking boots aren't the same.
Had to use LOTS of hair mousse or styling gel before the Aquanet topcoat. I wore army green or paratrooper black cargo pants from the Army/Navy surplus store. Didn't have to carry a purse with all those pockets!
OMG... A girlfriend of mine in 8th grade used soooo much Aquanet that it was beaded up on each stran of hair. She had a puff ball on the front of her head! (Sorry if I just gave away her identity she was famous in schoolfor this!)😄😄😄
Docksiders were not just fashion, they were state of the art tactical gear. You could run, jump, climb, swim, and do martial arts in them. John Wick could learn something.
I think it is relevant to point out that one's fashion instantly told the world which style of music one preferred and there was more ... how do I put it.... 🤔 We did not give a damn about the color of one's skin or any of the oft referenced differences that people seem to separate themselves by today, but there was a kind of group identity and in group/ out group behavior over music and the clothes of yesteryear were the flags of today. Adam Ant, new wave style never would be seen hanging out with heavy metal torn jeans and leather who would never be seen with people wearing Hammertime pants who would never be seen Madonna style wearers who would never be seen with someone with a Flock of Seagulls hairstyle. There was none of todays.... anger? Just the certainty that your group had better taste than another group. 😂😂😉🍻
U know that apple ad crushing all the instruments we create with? Well, my friend(also gen X) saw that & instantly said'They should've just poured the instruments into a mixing bowl then stirred, blended them together & showed the iPad as the result, you know. Like, look at all you can access through this one small tool. But they decided to crush all the instruments of creativity instead, right in front of us, like some weird competition of who will survive in a strange, disconnected contest.' He was right. Made me think about the differences in our generations. How we understand, live and relate to our humanity.
This gives me flashbacks of the title sequence of the tv show Geeks and Freaks during the picture day montage. A more accurate representation of what senior high school looked like in the 1980s . Nothing at all like Stranger Things.
I did in fact spend plenty of time on a farm, plenty helping to lay carpet, and just as much painting. Overalls were not my preferred pants, too bulky and too complicated to get out of, but my jeans often had that loop and it often was properly occupied. Being a girl never stopped anyone in my family from being set to work.
it waa not just women with the hairspray, there is a reason some metal bands were known as Hair Metal, and that translated down to guys on the streets, and even NONE metal guys were spraying the crap out of their heads to get the pancake over the one eye to never move. Seen more then 1 guys head explode in flames when lighting a smoke back in the 80's
I was never a follower of fashion. Tee Shirts and blue jeans were (and still are) my main go-to. If I am 'dressing up' I am wearing a concert tee for a metal band that I like instead of a solid color tee.
To be fair, we wore sperry, docksoders, brown leather boat shoes, because we were on boats. I grew up on a private beach, and two or three kids all had their boating licenses by nine years old. We were invited onto a boat by sone adults. Boats, jet skiis, windsurfers, and paddle boards were all the rage. Walking around on sandy surfaces all the time, and boat shoes dont pick up the sand or grit. The boat shows are safe to wear on boats that scratch easily from sand. We wore overalls (painters overalls), because we were doing stuff with hammers, nails, screws and screw drivers, like building ramos from found wood boards, or forts and tree houses. Needed a place to keep different tools. Painters pants also worked well. Never wore parachute pants, and didnt understand the many belt loops on the Z cavariccis. The later were worn by the guidos, both italian and greek, and they looked good all dressed up, and with a splash if drakkar. My sister sprayed drakkar into her bureau drawers. 😂
What was the half shirt that guys wore, omg they were *** but for them to be okay for some of us to wear was that some them had numbers on them and they looked like ripped jerseys still *** lol I miss the 70s and 80s it was a great time to be alive great music, beautiful women and fast cars no electiric leaches, but to be fair I had a pager, my teacher took it and I was called into the principles office they were afraid I was selling drugs..I wasn't but they never knew that I thought it was cool to have it, and not one person I knew was offended by the dumb shit we said to each other we just laughed and said dumb shit back...yes, freedom.
The clothes had much, much better quality. Moths don't go for today's clothes much, thanks to the lack of 100% cotton and 100% wool textiles. And if you do find those, it usually comes at a premium and is paper-thin. Remember OP, Gotcha, Santa Cruz, Billabong, and Guess clothing? Quality. I don't miss the homophobia, the racism, the shift of wealth to those who were already rich, or the misogyny, but I do miss the clothing.
Oh yeah! Let's not forget the Zubaz pants and florescent yellow, pink and orange string tank tops and whatever those zebra striped shoes were called. Whenever you think we looked goofy, fear not...all of that stuff is becoming fashionable again....except the parachute pants. 😄
I wasn't actually a fan of 80s clothes - but it wasn't ALL bad. But I look back on the hair and I think we lost our damned minds! I really detested the shoulder pads and would either downsize or remove them altogether. But I won't lie - MTV was my fashion guru. I picked the looks from what I saw there. Again, some was gawdawful but I could also see how some colors worked and some didn't - even if I wanted them to! lol
Now discuss the way our clothes lasted longer, some going up and down the block from kid to kid. One shirt I wore second hand ended up on my decade younger brother and it was still in good condition. Then discuss the concept of mens and boys blue jeans that fit.
Leg warmers weren't just dancin or fashion they great for bike riding keeping pants out chains and skiing, cuz everyone skied but usually did it wearing jeans and leg warmers helped keep the bottoms of jeans dry
So I may not be proud of what I wore in the 80’s, but the clothing was better quality and more durable. My clothing could take a beating and still survive to be a hand me down.
As I understand it, the giant shoulder pads weren't there to make waists look slimmer. This was the era where women started really pushing into the corporate world in roles other than secretary, so the shoulder pads were utilized as a misguided yet understandable way for women to even the playing field in a male-dominated corporate landscape. This is also the era that had women start to adopt ahorter hairstyles more regularly and also when business pantsuits started coming into fashion. The thought was that you had to look more like a man in order to compete with the men and to be taken seriously. Personally, I don't agree and think the best way to compete is to be competent at what you do, but that was the rhinking at the time, and it's understandable because of the implicit bias against women.
You mean like skids or Z Cavaricci or Elise shoes or Marita and François Jabbo how about the most racist clothes designer there is Tommy Hilfiger oh oh oh MC hammer pants. I Remember complaining about wearing guest jeans in the mid 80s because they came from Kmart along with my vans slide on black and white checkered shoes.
When did he bash new fashion? Eta; Not to mention what goes around comes around, you guys are coming for our clothes now. OK. most of you are coming fot our Gen X stuff to claim for yourselves.
I miss the old Aussie Sprunch Spray. It had a wonderful grape scent and worked like a charm.
I love my Aquanet! We were single-handedly responsible for the hole in the ozone layer.
Yeah don't light a match around that 'do! Lol
This was debunked, but it sure did curb the amount of "hair bears" after the news came out!
For the younger crowd, look up an old episode of Married with Children or look for a picture of Kelley Bundy for examples of Aquanet hair.
Peggy Bundy had the helmet hair, not Kelly. Kelly was the blonde, Peggy was the red head with huge hair.
@@MsGenXodus 😂
We must agree to disagree.
Helmet hair will forever be, to me, what I call the Prince Valient cut.
In the 70's my mom had red hair (natural, so do I) and the Aquanet big hair almost exactly like Peg.
To be clear, am boy but still had the metal hair 🤘😎🤘
Still have a ponytail halfway down my back, but I digress.
Kelly had the same, depending on which episodes.
She started the series at, I think, 16yrs old and was the ultimate metal chick complete with high hair, she got less poofy-haired as the series progressed.
😁😉🍻😎
@@MsGenXodus Both singlehandedly kept Aquanet in business.
Painters pants!! Haha. Loved mine
I cannot express the pure enjoyment I get out of these videos and this channel!! Thank you, John
💯
True. There's never been a better hair glue than aqua net
come on! does no one remember Dippidy-Do???
LOL!🤣We had the feather bangs and perms, the rocker hair because it was cool back in the day especially with our favorite bands. Clothes were comfortable and cool. We had different styles and colors. The shoulder pads did make our waste look smaller that hour glass look we were going for. I think the most favorable jeans were the stone washed and ripped jeans, straight leg, denim was a big thing. The GAP was the coolest place to shop. Favorite tennis shoes were Reebok and Nike, girls and their pumps.
Early 70's I wore tye dyed hip hugger, bell bottom jeans. Cool pants for the early 70's.
A lot of old military jackets & Navy Pea Coats from Salvation Army too. Also military pants & open military shirts with a white T underneath. Army Boots were the prized super haul. We lived for thrift store fashion & Salvation Army was tre's chic.
I really loved the 80s style! I had two inch hot pink feather earrings! Neon jeans and tshirts, pin roll jeans. Twistabead necklaces… ah, an amazing existence! ❤
and Candies Slides.
@@Missunderstood103 and those sweaty Jelly shoes! Mine were purple. And then came the Sam & Libby’s!
I had several over-alls , red purple, green ,black lol , painter pants, my husband had parachute pants, and I still wear leg warmers
A lot of our styles were pretty far out but it was an adventure fixing ourselves up for the day in whichever style we chose to be that day. Where are the styles now? At least where I live, no one seems to fix themselves up at all anymore 😢
Big hair = extremely flammable, but worth it. I would so do it again.
You are not kidding about that Aquanet. And I loooooved my leg warmers! ❤
I had every single color Legg wamers there was 😅 I also loved my painters pants and 501s and all my friends that brake'danced wore the Parachute pants.. was easier to slide and roll on the ground.
Like the Jnco pants. You could cram tons of stuff down them.
Every girl had a massive can of Aquanet in their school locker 😂
So true! Hah! 😂
I still have 8 nos Aquanet super hold cans from the early 90's. And yes, they're full and still have that fresh scent I remember. And yes, they work better than the unscented Aquanet from Turkey nowadays. 😊
Shoulder Pad’s! 😂 & Aqua 🪨 Rock!!
Awesome Good Memories !
You crack me up, brother!! 😂 You are exactly right. Thanks for bringing back my childhood. My husband, and I just love your channel.
I will never forget watching a girl with that flower poof in the front of her hair, probably held there with 2 cans of hairspray, try to light a smoke and that poof went up like a Roman candle. Apparently, that lighter was turned up to full height, and no one told her.
When foam mouse was mainstreamed it sank the hairspray revolution. Thank GAWD!
Also witnessed that in high school.
Turning your bic lighter into a flame thrower was a thing when I was in grade 9.
Ah, the 80's - the additudes were big, but the hair was bigger! 😂
💜💜Aqua Net💜💜
Z Cavs, shoulder pads and huge hair, yep that was me 😁 oh boy that aqua net.. could smush my hair down and it would spring right back 😂
Man, this took me back. Put on those acid washed jeans and fluorescent pink shirt with the beads to match, with my Kohl eyeliner and lip gloss. Tease that hair up to Jesus and grab the Aqua Net, Baby. We thought we were so cool!
John, you make me smile every day. Thank you. 😊
I admit it. I loved my leg warmers. Which I wore in California. And Texas. Clearly I was freezing
Parachute pants!!
AquaNet was great. You could tease those bangs to high heaven with a force that would withstand a hurricane.
Not me 😂 I always removed those stupid shoulder pads 😂
oh..dont forget the Dippidy-Do! You thought Aqua Net was bad??? That green stuff would hold your hair for DAYS!!! i still remember the smell 40 yrs later!
had to make sure the hair stayed put even in a tornado. I swear if I let my mom do my hair I'd be pulling bobby pins out for an hour at the end of the day and the brush or comb wanted to attach itself to all that hairspray. no amount of brushing could ever get out the feel of that hairspray. my mom insisted on doing my hair for my wedding but I gave my maid of honor the job of hiding the hairspray so that my mom wouldn't cement my hairpiece to my head with multiple cans of hairspray.
Don't forget my personal favorite--medical scrubs. Started wearing around the late 70s & through the 80s. All the same light green color& super liteweight to bring with. Now, I know my friends & I weren't surgeons, at least not in high school, but we loved the scrubs.
Got my first black eye from a can of aquanet!
Stirrup pants were functional and fashionable. That's an '80s trend I'd like to see again.
Correction on the huge shoulder pads. They were huge to mimic men's broad shoulders.
Awww yeah! The good ol' aquacement😂😂😂
I have broad shoulders for a girl .. I ripped those shoulder pads out and threw them away .. aquanet hair and an open flame .. I singed my hair numerous times .. it grew back lol
The higher the hair, the closer to heaven lol
Facts! Helmet hair!
I ripped my black parachute pants in 6th grade on a field trip to the skating rink. I was so devastated when I had to put on my royal blue gym shorts that were in my back pack and wait for my Mom to pick me up.
I had topsiders (Sperry) in every color imaginable and I had Bass Penny Loafers.....any yes, many shoulder pads. 😂
I once wore heavily padded shoulder pads in front of my husband. He looked at me and said “ bronco Nagurski “ called and wants his shoulder pads back. 🙂↕️
Ironically, I never wore my boat shoes while sailing. I was always barefoot.
I swear the lather-rinse-repeat shampoo instructions were completely because of the aquanet. That polyurethane was really hard to get out and, if you didn’t, you’d only realize 30 minutes into your hair doing when that crap was flaking off like snow and you had 10 minutes to run for the bus. 😂
Remember that green mecial scrub shirts where big too...
BIG HAIR IS HOT!!! & I still ware work boots, jeans (Levi’s are evil) & rock shirts, it’s the blue collar metal head lifestyle, least I’m real
Legwarmers were most often used by the Jazzercise/Aerobics girls with Family memberships to Family Fitness centers or their like. Oh, and the Break Dance Girls too. Painters hats with checkerboard patterns to match our Vans, they may not have gotten used for painting, but, they sure cut down on the sunburns on the back of the neck. I was a So Cal kid, so, admittedly, things were a little different than other parts of the country when it came to fashion.
On the cusp of Boomer and Gen 'X' and I still have my Muskoka smoking jacket and stoner bag. I actually used leg warmers along with my desert boots to cover the laces and make them snow worthy. Real, original desert boots, not the hipster fashion version around now. I'd give anything for another pair of them. Hiking boots aren't the same.
Had to use LOTS of hair mousse or styling gel before the Aquanet topcoat. I wore army green or paratrooper black cargo pants from the Army/Navy surplus store. Didn't have to carry a purse with all those pockets!
Can’t nobody fuck withan aqua net shell
OMG... A girlfriend of mine in 8th grade used soooo much Aquanet that it was beaded up on each stran of hair. She had a puff ball on the front of her head! (Sorry if I just gave away her identity she was famous in schoolfor this!)😄😄😄
You forgot Jheri Redding hair spray. That was glue in a pump bottle.
Girls and their aquanet my girls hair would stay in place on my motorcycle as long as I kept it under 45 mph. Lol
Fucking members only jackets
Docksiders were not just fashion, they were state of the art tactical gear. You could run, jump, climb, swim, and do martial arts in them. John Wick could learn something.
This is so dam true
Sperry Topsiders and sportscoats over solid-color tees.
And smokey blue eyeshadow a la Donna Mills/Knots Landing.
I was a hot mess in 1986...
My hair was waterproof due to teasing n aquanet "the higher the hair the closer to God" lol
I think it is relevant to point out that one's fashion instantly told the world which style of music one preferred and there was more ... how do I put it.... 🤔
We did not give a damn about the color of one's skin or any of the oft referenced differences that people seem to separate themselves by today, but there was a kind of group identity and in group/ out group behavior over music and the clothes of yesteryear were the flags of today.
Adam Ant, new wave style never would be seen hanging out with heavy metal torn jeans and leather who would never be seen with people wearing Hammertime pants who would never be seen Madonna style wearers who would never be seen with someone with a Flock of Seagulls hairstyle.
There was none of todays.... anger?
Just the certainty that your group had better taste than another group.
😂😂😉🍻
U know that apple ad crushing all the instruments we create with? Well, my friend(also gen X) saw that & instantly said'They should've just poured the instruments into a mixing bowl then stirred, blended them together & showed the iPad as the result, you know. Like, look at all you can access through this one small tool. But they decided to crush all the instruments of creativity instead, right in front of us, like some weird competition of who will survive in a strange, disconnected contest.' He was right. Made me think about the differences in our generations. How we understand, live and relate to our humanity.
Overalls and army camo pants,Do you know how many beers you can get in those pockets???!!! 😂😂😂😂
I used to rip those stupid shoulder pads out!!!😂😅👍 ( They were weird looking and not comfortable..)
Yeah and they didnt look flattering on fluffy girls lol
This gives me flashbacks of the title sequence of the tv show Geeks and Freaks during the picture day montage. A more accurate representation of what senior high school looked like in the 1980s . Nothing at all like Stranger Things.
I did in fact spend plenty of time on a farm, plenty helping to lay carpet, and just as much painting. Overalls were not my preferred pants, too bulky and too complicated to get out of, but my jeans often had that loop and it often was properly occupied. Being a girl never stopped anyone in my family from being set to work.
Don't forget hypercolor t-shirts😂
it waa not just women with the hairspray, there is a reason some metal bands were known as Hair Metal, and that translated down to guys on the streets, and even NONE metal guys were spraying the crap out of their heads to get the pancake over the one eye to never move. Seen more then 1 guys head explode in flames when lighting a smoke back in the 80's
Penny rolled pants and doubled up scruchy socks! Bike riding and layers?!
Hey now. Back then you had 3 choices for hair hold. Gel, hairspray and mud
I was never a follower of fashion. Tee Shirts and blue jeans were (and still are) my main go-to. If I am 'dressing up' I am wearing a concert tee for a metal band that I like instead of a solid color tee.
Even after all these years, when I'm watching an old movie and see The Madonna Look I find it so sexy. Is it just me?
To be fair, we wore sperry, docksoders, brown leather boat shoes, because we were on boats. I grew up on a private beach, and two or three kids all had their boating licenses by nine years old. We were invited onto a boat by sone adults. Boats, jet skiis, windsurfers, and paddle boards were all the rage. Walking around on sandy surfaces all the time, and boat shoes dont pick up the sand or grit. The boat shows are safe to wear on boats that scratch easily from sand.
We wore overalls (painters overalls), because we were doing stuff with hammers, nails, screws and screw drivers, like building ramos from found wood boards, or forts and tree houses. Needed a place to keep different tools. Painters pants also worked well.
Never wore parachute pants, and didnt understand the many belt loops on the Z cavariccis. The later were worn by the guidos, both italian and greek, and they looked good all dressed up, and with a splash if drakkar.
My sister sprayed drakkar into her bureau drawers. 😂
Neon clothes
What was the half shirt that guys wore, omg they were *** but for them to be okay for some of us to wear was that some them had numbers on them and they looked like ripped jerseys still *** lol I miss the 70s and 80s it was a great time to be alive great music, beautiful women and fast cars no electiric leaches, but to be fair I had a pager, my teacher took it and I was called into the principles office they were afraid I was selling drugs..I wasn't but they never knew that I thought it was cool to have it, and not one person I knew was offended by the dumb shit we said to each other we just laughed and said dumb shit back...yes, freedom.
The clothes had much, much better quality. Moths don't go for today's clothes much, thanks to the lack of 100% cotton and 100% wool textiles. And if you do find those, it usually comes at a premium and is paper-thin. Remember OP, Gotcha, Santa Cruz, Billabong, and Guess clothing? Quality. I don't miss the homophobia, the racism, the shift of wealth to those who were already rich, or the misogyny, but I do miss the clothing.
Remember Z CAVARICCI … ?? Pants… SLOUCH SOCKS….
Oh yeah! Let's not forget the Zubaz pants and florescent yellow, pink and orange string tank tops and whatever those zebra striped shoes were called. Whenever you think we looked goofy, fear not...all of that stuff is becoming fashionable again....except the parachute pants. 😄
I attended a Catholic school and had to wear a uniform skirt. We used to wear leg warmers in the winter because we would freeze otherwise
I was to busy wearing BDU's , but i did make fun of all those things
🤣🤣🤣🤣 The amount of hair spray we used in the 80's, we're lucky a lot of us didn't go up in smoke next to an open flame!
I wasn't actually a fan of 80s clothes - but it wasn't ALL bad. But I look back on the hair and I think we lost our damned minds! I really detested the shoulder pads and would either downsize or remove them altogether. But I won't lie - MTV was my fashion guru. I picked the looks from what I saw there. Again, some was gawdawful but I could also see how some colors worked and some didn't - even if I wanted them to! lol
Now discuss the way our clothes lasted longer, some going up and down the block from kid to kid. One shirt I wore second hand ended up on my decade younger brother and it was still in good condition. Then discuss the concept of mens and boys blue jeans that fit.
Daily? for some it was hourly. walk by the girls rest room in high school, don't light a lighter
Leg warmers weren't just dancin or fashion they great for bike riding keeping pants out chains and skiing, cuz everyone skied but usually did it wearing jeans and leg warmers helped keep the bottoms of jeans dry
The loop is for a rag if you’re a painter
Aquanet smelled so bad though
Aqua net and a lighter.. If you know...
Dude not even airborne rangers wore parachute pants. They only call 'em parachute cuz they blew out like a parachute.
Painter pants not functional?
Several miles of badly painted fence would beg to differ, my man.
👍😉
So I may not be proud of what I wore in the 80’s, but the clothing was better quality and more durable. My clothing could take a beating and still survive to be a hand me down.
As I understand it, the giant shoulder pads weren't there to make waists look slimmer. This was the era where women started really pushing into the corporate world in roles other than secretary, so the shoulder pads were utilized as a misguided yet understandable way for women to even the playing field in a male-dominated corporate landscape. This is also the era that had women start to adopt ahorter hairstyles more regularly and also when business pantsuits started coming into fashion. The thought was that you had to look more like a man in order to compete with the men and to be taken seriously. Personally, I don't agree and think the best way to compete is to be competent at what you do, but that was the rhinking at the time, and it's understandable because of the implicit bias against women.
Excuse me are those beautiful boy jeans you’re wearing???
Y is this recorded in a car though 🤷🏻♂️
You mean like skids or Z Cavaricci or Elise shoes or Marita and François Jabbo how about the most racist clothes designer there is Tommy Hilfiger oh oh oh MC hammer pants. I Remember complaining about wearing guest jeans in the mid 80s because they came from Kmart along with my vans slide on black and white checkered shoes.
So why bash the new fashion if this was your answer?
I don't think I've ever bashed new fashion. Especially because I grew up in the 80s when pretty much anything from mullets to mohawks went 😁
When did he bash new fashion?
Eta; Not to mention what goes around comes around, you guys are coming for our clothes now. OK. most of you are coming fot our Gen X stuff to claim for yourselves.
A lot of this depends on what side of the tracks one was born on. There's always been socies and Greasers. Some X'rs are devil dangerous. 🤙☘️